Michigan faithful, don’t be such jive turkeys! Keep the faith and give thanks. Go Lions and go Super Drew Henson!
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Ripped Ohio, (Cont.)
Thanks to the readers of this site for the great comments as of late. Check out the thread on the Dantonio Imbroglio post for a little back and forth between in-state rivals. And readers Chris and Bonus rolled up there sleeves and rolled out some passion-filled thoughts on this season in the days following the Ohio State game. The highlight for me, a former Michigan Marching Band member ‘jeffgoblue’ gave a little inside pool on the history of the MMB creating the script Ohio: I’m a former Michigan Band member (89-92). The first script Ohio has long been a part of MMB lore. Mind you, the ’32 band did not actually perform the cursive writing Script Ohio drill as the OSU band has done since 1936, they just made the formation. In the 1970’s, MMB director George Cavender, charted a Script “State” formation that the band marched to while playing the OSU fight song. The announcer’s script read something along the lines of “We taught you how to spell OHIO, now we’ll teach you how to spell STATE.” Here’s the photo from ABC last Saturday:
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Hello, I guess, Angelique (WDFN audio)
Ah yes, thanks to WDFN.com, Michigan basketball radio voice Matt Shepard talks with the Angel of the Big House, Angelique Chengelis of the Detroit News. The Angel is on my list for also saying 2008 was the worst season ever in Michigan history without offering up any comparisons. Anyway, here’s the audio from her call:
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Support Men’s Soccer at NCAAs (2-1 win!)
Update 4pm: Michigan wins 2-1, will play winner of Indiana vs. St. Louis. It’ll be home Sunday if it’s St. Louis. Go Blue!
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Power Index: Week 14, Season Complete for Big Ten
Following the wrap up of the Big Ten season, week 14 of the Power Index. Notre Dame has some work to do but I’m not sure the USC game will change many views of the struggling Irish. Looking back at the preseason release of the Index, the biggest drop by far belongs of course to preseason #4 Michigan who finish barely in the 10th slot. Teams that exceeded the expectations of the pollsters include the Spartans (from #6 to #3), Minnesota (from #12 to #8) and the team that had some many issues in the off-season but finished pretty strong, Iowa (from #9 to #4). Here’s the final regular season index, we’ll do another after the bowls and perhaps a pre-2009 Index sometime in January. I’m looking for a Notre Dame backer to replace our fallen Shep if you’re interested, drop me a note. Don’t miss the great banter below. Gilliam the Badger “Michigan State’s offensive line looked like they ate a full Thanksgiving dinner before taking the field against Penn State. Stuffed. Wisconsin escaped their Appalachian State because Cal-Poly’s kicker missed 3 PATs. Pardoned. Michigan sets their all-time record with 8 [Ed: actually nine :(] losses, and loses to Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Ohio State in the same season for only the second time in history. Rich Rod…
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That’s not Drew, It’s Super Drew
With Drew Stanton out with a concussion and Dan Orlovsky out with a broken thumb, your likely #2 quarterback on Thanksgiving will be Brighton High School’s finest, Super Drew Henson. Free Press has more. As the Freep recalls, Henson’s only NFL start came for the Cowboys four years ago on Thanksgiving Day.
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The Dantonio Imbroglio
Dantonio: "Embarrassing out here? You know, I play the game, we coach the game. You know, you do this long enough you're going to have days like this. So, as I said before embarrassing would have been 3-9 coming into this game."
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Rich’s Ass: Interview with Rick Heim
Two weeks ago a talented West Virginia football fan launched his masterpiece titled Rich’s Ass on YouTube. Over four thousand views later, Rick Heim has become a bit of a local icon and his tune has been spun on news and radio stations. The cleverly worded anthem, which also features Heim on acoustic guitar, sums up the betrayal the Mountaineer faithful feel in their hearts since Rich Rodriguez up and bolted for Ann Arbor. Verse after verse in Ass, Heim draws back, takes dead aim and ultimately lands a handful of metaphorical arrows squarely in Rich Rod’s kiester. As expected Wolverine fans didn’t take kindly to Heim making a mockery of their new coach. While there’s an underlying appreciation of his subtle genius, Michigan backers were none too happy calling Heim everything from “retard” to “numbnuts”. The singer/songwriter was kind enough to answer a few questions about his inspiration, clean coal, his new celebrity status around Morgantown, and much more: MVictors: While the source of your passion is clear, what ultimately inspired you to produce this piece? Heim: Women! Just to pick up women. (Just kidding). While Rich’s leaving our program seems to be the focus of many of your viewers as well as many around the country, it’s really about how he left. The year before you guys lured…
